London 2012 basketball stadium could be transported to Brazil and reused at 2016 Olympics

A stadium built for this year's Olympic Games could be relocated after the event to form part of the 2016 tournament in Brazil.

The 12,000-capacity basketball
stadium built in London by Scottish firm Barr Construction could be
reused in Rio de Janeiro if plans between organisers go ahead.

Scotland Office Minister David
Mundell visited Barr Construction in Paisley to see the future plans for
the stadium, which is the third largest in the Olympic Park in east
London.

Transferable: London's basketball stadium could move to Brazil after the 2012 Olympics

The structure, which is 108ft (33m)
high and 377ft (115m) long, will be dismantled next year and Barr would
like to see it reused in Rio de Janeiro.

Managing director Barclay Chalmers
said: 'In this age of renewables and sustainability, we hope to move
this stadium on to the next Olympics and perhaps reused after, which
would be a tremendous thing.

'We will dismantle the stadium in January 2013 and find a new home for it.

Site: London's Olympic Park set-up

'Rio would be our preferred option to
be able to reuse it but, if not, there are other people who have
expressed an interest in using it.

'Building the stadium has helped raise our profile by being associated with such a major event.

'It has helped us gain credibility across the UK and we are now able to point to this on our CV.'

The stadium, which was made of steel
fabricated in Dumfries, would be moved in sections, with further
construction taking place in Scotland to expand the stadium capacity to
16,500 if needed.